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What's Quickly? It's where readers sound off on the issues of the day. Have a quote, question or quip? Call Quickly at (312) 222-2426 or email quickly@post-trib.com. Mike Pence says this new Indiana law is meant to protect the religious from being "punished for their biblical beliefs." Who on earth is trying to punish them, and for what? Sounds more to me like religious people want to punish others for not sharing their biblical beliefs. Why isn't there more talk about the Valparaiso Community Schools referendums and the cost? When the Canada geese take off from the pond behind our apartment they remember to fly in a "V" shape. Why don't they...

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What's Quickly? It's where readers sound off on the issues of the day. Have a quote, question or quip? Call Quickly at (312) 222-2426 or email quickly@post-trib.com.
Mike Pence says this new Indiana law is meant to protect the religious from being...

CEOs for the country's largest steel companies told the Congressional Steel Caucus Thursday that the government needs to take a three-pronged approach to save the industry from illegal trade practices -- improve its trade policies, invest in the workforce...

Dr. Hardarshan Singh Valia, has the distinction to be the only Coal Scientist in the world who is honored with all three prestigious awards bestowed upon him by the American Steel Industry.
He is the First ever Indian and Second ever Asian person to...

If a pipe freezes, act quickly but carefully to thaw the pipe before it bursts. Using a blow dryer to heat a cold water pipe at the point of the freeze may melt a clog. Electric pipe wraps are an option. A space heater placed in front of an open vanity...

Oak Park couple Jamal and Leda Khoury thought they were investing their life savings wisely when they transferred $2.3 million into their real estate attorney’s escrow account three years ago to buy commercial real estate properties in the area.
But...

Beginning this fall, students enrolled in Benedictine University's Master of Science (M.S.) in Business Analytics and M.S. in Management Information Systems programs will have access to Microsoft Azure, one of the leading cloud-based, Web-scale...

Do you wonder how businesses know your buying habits or your driving record? They mine for data. Data mining is sifting through large volumes of information that could not otherwise be done manually, explains Bamshad Mobasher, professor in the school of...

The sweeping federal indictment contained allegations all too familiar in Chicago, from greasing politicians with bribes in exchange for business licenses to disguising the payments as legitimate expenses and using threats and coercion to cover it all up....

The U.S. power sector must cut carbon dioxide emissions 30 percent by 2030 from 2005 levels, according to federal regulations unveiled on Monday that form the centerpiece of the Obama administration's climate change strategy.
The Environmental Protection...

By targeting the nation's biggest sources of heat-trapping pollution, President Barack Obama is seeking to help forestall droughts, floods and other disasters that are projected to become more frequent, intense and expensive as the global climate changes....

The state's U.S. senators want to see a western Illinois site receive national park status, pointing to its historical significance as the first town founded and built by a former slave before the Civil War.
"Free" Frank McWorter started...

Set amid tall green pines and even taller rust-colored mounds of tailings, Hibbing is a town that, in one way or another, has been on the move since the late 1800s.
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State regulators have the right to force Illinois consumers to purchase electricity from a proposed "clean coal" facility for the next 20 years in order to help fund the $1.6 billion federal project, according to an appellate court decision...

"First Lady" was a term Jacqueline Kennedy disliked, or so daughter Caroline once recalled, because it sounded so like a racehorse. Mrs. Kennedy, as she preferred to be called, had a point: The president's official hostess — be it wife, niece,...

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— The Flynns are weary of bright lights that flood their bedroom each night from a sand mine next door. A second neighboring mine is in the works, and yet another nearby field has just been sold for mining as well.
"I always thought when I died...

Construction and mining equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. on Wednesday said worldwide dealer machinery sales fell 9 percent for the three months that ended in July.
By segment, sales in resource industry, which is mainly mining, sank by 33 percent from...

Ryerson Holding Corp., a 172-year-old Chicago steel distributor, fell in its trading debut on Friday -- even lower than its reduced expectations.
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Silver once was the lure that brought people to this tiny town nestled in Wasatch Range some 40 miles east of Salt Lake City. Now it's the Olympics-caliber skiing and the stars of the silver screen who descend every January, when the Sundance Film...